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My washing machine sounds like it is a jet fighter plane ..is it on its way out ?

9 replies

bizzey · 08/06/2022 23:23

Is it on the way out !

Rented accommodation so might want to warn LL.
Think it has to be 10/12 years old ?

Did not realize how loud it was ,till I was at my mum's house ...and only realized her wash had finished,,,with a tiny little beep !

I did not even know the machine was on !!

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bizzey · 08/06/2022 23:27

I am so use to the noise ...
But I can only put my wash on within social hours !

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WobblyInAllTheRightPlaces · 08/06/2022 23:32

Maybe your washing machine has become unbalanced?

What I mean, specifically, is that the levelling bits have become out of kilter.

Easy enough to get sorted, all you need is a spirit level and some muscle power!

Does it look like the washing machine has moved out a bit at all?

jubileetrain · 08/06/2022 23:33

I don't think anyone can answer this. Have you checked the filter? How long has it been noisy? Maybe something is working it's way through.

whatevernextmrprimeminister · 08/06/2022 23:34

Not necessarily. It could just be that the drum has come loose. We’ve had it happen a few times and the rubber or something has been fixed by an engineer. We do have cover so nothing in addition to my monthly payment, which is like £5.

I suggest repair as machines aren’t made like they used to be!

ouch321 · 08/06/2022 23:37

My machine went recently, 9 years. Fitter of the new one was impressed, said mostly you get circa 5 years nowadays.

HollowTalk · 08/06/2022 23:41

That happened to mine. I think it's the bearings. The repair guy said it was never worth getting it repaired. I used the same description of how it sounded as you did!

bizzey · 08/06/2022 23:42

Thank you.
Noisy for ages ...and it does move !
Washes the stuff well .

Tonight's stuff was loud and long as I put it on a 60 that I don't normally do.
But it had ds's chef stuff in there that needed a going over !

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powershowerforanhour · 08/06/2022 23:50

" I think it's the bearings. The repair guy said it was never worth getting it repaired."

I think maybe the bearings are in a sealed unit in a lot of them now and can't be replaced. So it's cheaper to scrap the whole thing. Which flogs more washing machines but is shit for the environment. Unless a law has been passed forcing white goods manufacturers to make their products repairable?

earsup · 08/06/2022 23:55

loud grinding noise is the bearings...we changed ours...bosch quite easily and are very diy and handy etc....

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